Greetings Dornsife Faculty,

In this issue we include: 
– Accolade for one College faculty member;
– External funding success for 4 Dornsife faculty;
– Current and diverse external funding opportunities, including 2 revised limited submissions previously announced;
– Info on upcoming Center for Excellence in Research workshop; and
– Reminder to connect with Dornsife's Research Office for questions regarding proposal submissions.

 

Best regards,

Renee J. Perez, Vice Dean, Administration and Finance
Cathleen Crayton, Project Specialist, Research Administration

Thomas Chaney, Economics, has been elected to the 2024 class of Fellows of the Econometric Society. The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.

 

Liang Chen, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Genetic control mechanisms of long-term neuronal survival, University of California, Riverside

 

Scott Fraser, Biological Sciences, Production and progression of premalignant retinoblastoma lesions, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

 

Karen Lloyd, Earth Sciences, Collaborative Research: Investigating the source and flux of dissolved organic carbon released from methane seeps to the deep-ocean, University of Maryland

 

Jonathan Stange, Psychology, Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation Flexibility and Success in Everyday Life in Depression, National Institute of Mental Health

External Funding Opportunities

 

***Limited Submission***

(revised USC internal submission guidelines)

 

Blavatnik Family Foundation
Program: 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Synopsis: Supports, honors and celebrate young faculty members working in the three disciplinary categories of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences. Nominations are accepted from a invited group of research universities, independent research institutions, academic medical centers, and government laboratories from around the United States. Nominees must have been in or after 1983; currently hold a tenured or tenured-track position at an invited institution; hold a doctorate; conduct independent research in one of the disciplinary categories in the Life Sciences; Physical Sciences & Engineering; and Chemical Sciences. Nominations of qualified members of underrepresented groups encouraged.
Award details: $250K awarded to one Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category. Five nominees in each disciplinary category will be recognized as Finalists and will receive $15,000 in unrestricted funds.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/blavatnik/
Announcement on website: http://blavatnikawards.org/awards/national-awards/
USC Internal due date: October 15, 2024.
Revision: USC Internal Submissions: https://provost.sma.usc.edu/prog/blavatnik/
Nomination due date: December 4, 2024.
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***Limited Submission***

(previously announced: one slot still available)

 

NSF / Across Multiple Directorates
Program: The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships

Solicitation #: 24-594

Synopsis: Supports exceptionally innovative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs focus on creating new scientific paradigms, establishing entirely new scientific disciplines, and developing transformative technologies that have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among institutions of higher education, national laboratories, industrial organizations, other public or private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake potentially groundbreaking investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or highly innovative approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any area of science and engineering that NSF supports.

Award details: Total program funding is $30M. Individual awards will range from $1.5M to $6M.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/nsf-24-594/
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf24594.pdf
USC Internal due date: If interested contact Research Initiatives and Infrastructure
Preliminary Proposal due date: November 20, 2024.
Application due date: June 2, 2025.
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American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Program: Luce / ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies – Flexible
Synopsis: Supports early career scholars for research, writing, and publicly engaged scholarship on any topic related to the cultures, histories, and societies in China, and their influence and impact on communities, countries, and cultures around the world, as required by the research plan. Flexible research fellowships will enable recent Ph.D. 's (without tenure and within eight years of the Ph.D.) with heavy teaching and service responsibilities to carry out research and writing towards a significant scholarly product.
Award details: $15K ($5K per month for 3 months). These flexible, short-term awards may be used for access to online archives, travel, conference participation, childcare or elder care, and other needs identified in the application essay for accomplishing the proposed objectives. The fellowship period must begin July 1, 205, and September 30, 2026.
Announcement on website: https://www.acls.org/competitions/luce-acls-early-career-fellowships-in-china-studies-flexible/
Application due date: November 14, 2024.
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National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Program: 2025 Jefferson Science Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports tenured, or similarly ranked, faculty from U.S. institutions of higher learning who are U.S. citizens to engage in the U.S. foreign policy and international development process through a one-year immersive experience at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Fellows are embedded at State or USAID where they become conversant in operations and processes while contributing their technical expertise to policy formulation and implementation. Faculty returns with a deeper understanding of policy, diplomacy, and international development to augment their research and teaching.

Award details: Applicant’s institution is expected, via a signed MOU, to continue the Fellow’s salary for the year-long fellowship. All fellows are expected to be in the Washington DC metro area and those traveling outside DC are eligible for reimbursement of select local living expenses up to a fixed amount over the 12-month period (approximately $55K). USAID host offices will provide travel and training funds up to $10K.
Announcement on website: https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/jefferson-science-fellowships
Application due date: October 15, 2024.
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Schlumberger Foundation
Program: 2025-2026 Faculty for the Future
Synopsis: Supports the long-term goal to accelerate gender equality in STEM by creating conditions that encourage more women to pursue scientific careers by alleviating the barriers they encounter when enrolling in STEM disciplines. The program is committed to gender parity in science in the interests of sustainable development and recognizes that full access and participation in a STEM curriculum is essential for the empowerment of girls and women. The program awards fellowships for advanced research in STEM at leading research institutions.  Fellows are expected to return to their home counties upon completion of their studies to contribute to the economic, social and technological advancement of their regions by strengthening the STEM teaching and research faculties of their home institutions, as well as their leadership in science-based entrepreneurship. Fellows are expected to contribute to the public sector where their newly acquired technical and scientific skills can help provide evidence-based support for STEM policymaking, including topics of gender representation. Eligible candidates for this award are citizens of a developing country, are preparing for a Ph.D. or postdoctoral research in a STEM discipline, and are committed to returning to their home countries.
Award details: Grants range from $15K to $40K.
Announcement on website: https://www.facultyforthefuture.net/
Application due date: November 8, 2024.
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AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Programs: Topic A: Prevalence of various forms of distractions and factors that Influence driver engagement; and Topic B: Individual, social, and contextual factors that impact motorists' decisions to drive while impaired
Synopsis: Supports research centered on Driver behavior and performance. Research intended to identify the causes and consequences of motor vehicle crashes, evaluate possible countermeasures and solutions, and offer recommendations for achieving the overarching goal of preventing injuries and fatalities on the nation's highways. Topic A seeks to synthesize and update recent developments documenting new and emerging forms of distraction as well as their prevalence. The scope of the proposed research must include but should not be limited to distraction from smartphones.

Topic B seeks to  understand what factors are involved and how these factors impact decision-making to drive or not drive while impaired. Research ought to identify effective strategies for reducing the incidence of driving while impaired, especially among populations at increased risk. Minimally, proposals must address alcohol impairment but may elect to explore other sources of impairment as well.
Award details: Budget should reflect the needs of the project. Maximum indirect rate is 20%.
Announcements on website: https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fall-2024-RFP_Topic-A_Driver-Distraction-Prevalance-and-Influencing-Factors.pdf;  https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fall-2024-RFP_Topic-B_Factors-that-Impact-Driving-while-Impaired.pdf

Proposal due date: October 31, 2024.
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Russell Sage Foundation (RSG) (in collaboration with Hewlett, Spencer, and William T. Grant Foundations)
Program: Grants—Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities
Synopsis: Supports projects that will advance social science research on the social, political and economic effects of the Supreme Court decision and the future of race-conscious policies more generally. Examples of areas / questions of interest include (partial)
  -  What are the short and long-term effects of the 2023 Supreme Court decision?
  -  What can we learn about the direct admissions or percentage plans of states (e.g., California, Texas) on racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity in enrollment and degree completion when race-conscious admission policies are no longer permissible for both undergraduate and graduate students?
  -  What can be learned from historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) on how to support retention, recruitment and degree completion for students from marginalized groups?
  -  To what extent will the race-conscious admissions ban impact the effort that high school students put into their studies, their educational aspirations, and their subsequent enrollment in higher education?
Award details: Funds can support research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time. Trustee grants are capped at $200K, including 15% indirect costs, over a 2-year period. Presidential awards are capped at $50K (no direct costs), but at $75K (no direct costs) when the project involves original data collection or gaining access to restricted-use data.         

Announcement on website: https://www.russellsage.org/funding/promoting-educational-attainment-and-economic-mobility-among-racially-ethnically-and-economically
Letter of Inquiry due date: October 29, 2024. NOTE: Please confirm with RSG.

Submission due date (invited): April 1, 2025. 

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National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation (NAEd / Spencer)
Program: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential fellowship supports scholars who promise to make significant contributions to the field of education and advances the careers of the recipients. Scholars may conduct their research at their home institution or at another research site that they have arranged. Research topics must focus primarily on education, but the fellowship welcomes postdocs from any academic discipline or professional field. Fellowship recipients have included individuals from anthropology, architecture, art history, communications, economics, education, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religion, and sociology. The fellowship does not limit eligibility to these fields. Candidates should demonstrate their interest in conducting education research long term. Eligible applicants have received their Ph.D. or Ed.D or equivalent research degree between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. Applicants must be non-tenured at the time of application, but have an established record of research experience in education and the project must be in educational research.
Award details: $70K for one academic year and participation in 3 professional development retreats.
Announcement on website: https://naeducation.org/naed-spencer-postdoctoral-fellowship/
Application due date: November 7, 2024. Earliest project start date is September 2025.
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BEAM Circular Accelerator (in partnership with gener8er and HawkTower)
Program: Inaugural Accelerator Program
Synopsis: Supports startups advancing innovation in the circular bioeconomy.  As a growing global sector, the circular bioeconomy uses biology to create valuable bio-based chemicals, materials, energy, and consumer products from sustainably sourced organic materials, including by repurposing agricultural by-products, forestry residues, and other organic waste-streams. California is poised to become a national leader in circular bioeconomy innovation for efforts to advance bio-based products and climate solutions, and is home to a growing ecosystem of public and private partners dedicated to supporting bioindustry scale-up.
Award details: $30K of non-dilutive funding and up to $100K in venture funding to five innovative, high-growth startups each year for 3 months. Participants will receive direct access to mentors who are leaders in the bioeconomy sector, including engagement with BEAM Circular’s innovation partners across the University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Participants will gain access to investment options from HawkTower, along with connections to gener8tor’s global network of business mentors and investors.
Announcement on website: https://www.beamcircular.org/news-updates/the-beam-circular-accelerator-launches-in-californias-agricultural-heartland-to-unlock-opportunities-to-transform-waste-into-value
Application due date: November 17, 2024.
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California Health Care Foundation (CCHF) / CCHF Innovation Fund
Program: Unsolicited Letters of Inquiry
Synopsis: Supports projects that are in alignment with, and advance CCHF’s goals to (1) Improving access to healthcare coverage; (2) Advancing people centered healthcare; and (3) investing in people, knowledge, and networks that help to make meaningful change possible in California’s health care system. CCHF seeks to eliminate, or at least reduce structural barriers that prevent people of color from accessing health care, including income disparity, language barriers, housing, employment and education. Funds projects that address these issues and propose solutions.
Award details: No budget is required at this point in the process.
Announcement on website: https://www.chcf.org/grants/applicant-resources/unsolicited-request/
Letter of Inquiry due date: There is no due date. LOIs are continuously reviewed and CCHF will encourage proposals from promising LOIs.
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Doris Duke Foundation and Partners  (“the Collective”)
Program: Preventing and Improving Clinical Encounters: Sparking National Discussion to Strengthen Health Research

Synopsis: Supports convenings held around the country in Spring 2025 to inform efforts to do the following:
(1)  Forge pathways that connect societal priorities for health improvements, research ideas, and commercial incentives to facilitate support for knowledge generation, and application of effective innovations to prevent and improve clinical encounters.
(2) Develop a blueprint for action that builds to reimagined funding models, to policy changes, and to industry investments that produce transformative gains in lives saved and population health.
(3) Galvanize a core group of champions for strengthened national health research funding to inform approaches for prevention and improvement in clinical encounters. The Collective invites the research community to help define an actionable blueprint for progress. What are the research priorities, incentive structures, and missed opportunities for innovation that hold the greatest potential to prevent disease or improve health outcomes from clinical encounters? The Collective is seeking symposia hosts who demonstrate a whole-of-organization perspective and commitment to societal priorities and existing public sector goals and frameworks for health progress, as applicable, and with relevant community and commercial sector engagement in their proposals.
Award details: Costs for a one-day symposium should not exceed $125K. While the Collective prefers symposiums to take place in the Spring, they would not disallow events to take place later in 2025.

Announcement on website: https://www.dorisduke.org/siteassets/invitation_strengthenhealthresearch.pdf
Proposal due date: November 8, 2024.
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TANGO2 Research Foundation
Program: 2025 Request for Applications – T2RF Research Grant Cycle 5
Synopsis: supports researchers and scientists at various stages of their careers in order to advance the understanding of TANGO2 deficiency disorder (TDD) and its basic disease mechanisms, identify innovative approaches to therapeutics, and develop strategies that support patients living with TDD. The T2RF Grant Cycle 5 awards provide essential funding for high-quality, rigorous seed or pilot research, fostering the exploration of groundbreaking research concepts. These awards support initial testing phases, allowing researchers to embark on smaller-scale endeavors. The emphasis lies in evaluating feasibility and refining methodologies, shaping the trajectory of potential larger-scale studies. Eligible applicants have obtained a Ph.D. with at least 3 years experience of initiating and leading (PD/PI or Co-I roles) rare disease research is preferred. Postdoctoral fellows are eligible who can verity they will begin a faculty position at the assistant professor level at the start of the funding period in fall of 2025.

Research topics of interest include (partial)
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms disrupted in TDD

- Development and characterization of novel animal (vertebrate or invertebrate), cellular, and computational models

- Bioinformatics, machine learning, and other computational biology approaches applied to existing TANGO2 clinical, imaging, or -omics datasets
Award details: Single Institution award, with single or multiple PIs is a maximum of $25K. Multiple Institution award with multiple PIs is a maximum $50K. No indirects allowed. Grant period is for one year beginning Fall 2025, with possibility of a one-year extension.
Announcement on website: https://tango2research.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/T2RF-LOI-Guidelines-2024.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: November 8, 2024.
Full application due date (invited): February 28, 2025.
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American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Foundation
Program: Request for Proposals – Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports research on issues related to the birth center model of care and how it impacts maternity and women’s health care. Opportunity is open to individuals and organizations. Applications must demonstrate the capacity and a plan to complete the research in accordance with the project’s timeline.
Award details: $5K
Announcement on website: https://www.aabcfoundation.org/research-grants
Letter of Intent due date: November 18, 2024.
Proposal due date (invited): January 15, 2025.
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Simons Foundation / Autism and Neuroscience Division
Program: Fellows to Faculty Award
Synopsis: Supports early career scientists and their research vision as they transition into tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. The program is intended for senior postdoctoral scholars or equivalent researchers whose backgrounds and experiences are underrepresented in science and whose future research program advances research in the areas of science supported by the Simons Foundation’s Autism and Neuroscience division, specifically, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), consistent with SFARI scientific perspectives and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB), consistent with the SCPAB's mission. Fellows are expected to transition to a tenure-track or equivalent faculty position any time between notification of their selection for the award and the end of the 2026-2027 academic year. To that end, fellows are expected to apply to faculty positions between September 2025–May 2026.
Award details: Each fellow is provided up to five (5) years of financial support, split into a faculty research award over three (3) years and an optional postdoctoral award for a maximum of two (2) years. The focus of this award – the faculty research award provides $600K for 3 years, exclusive of 20% indirect cost. The Postdoctoral Fellow Award, intended to support the Fellow while on the faculty job search includes a $80K stipend; $10K career development allowance; and $15K allowance for health insurance and other benefits.
Announcement on website: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/fellows-to-faculty-award/
Application due date: January 14, 2024.
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California Humanities
Program: California Documentary Project Grants
Synopsis: Supports film, audio, or digital media projects that document California subjects and issues, have the potential to bring essential California stories to audiences throughout the state and beyond, and that use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective. Of particular interest are stories and projects from communities, regions, and individuals whose voices and perspectives have traditionally been excluded from the broader California narrative. Cal Humanities center equity in the work they fund, and encourage stories that focus on and highlight indigenous and Native American experiences in America. California residency is not required to apply.
Award details: Research and Development Grants: Up to $15K; Production Grants: up to $50K

Announcement on website: https://calhum.org/grant-deadlines-overview/california-documentary-project/
Application due date: November 4, 2024.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities (IATDH)
Synopsis: Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. Through this program, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities. NEH encourages applicants to develop proposals for multidisciplinary teams that include the necessary range of intellectual, technical, and practical expertise.
Award details: Maximum award is $250K.

Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/institutes-advanced-topics-in-the-digital-humanities
Application window: Anticipated window is November 15, 2024 to February 13, 2025.
Notification date: August 31, 2025. Projects may start between September 1, 2025 and September 1, 2026.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Synopsis: Supports cultural institutions (museums, historical societies, libraries etc.) for projects that preserve humanities collections through environmentally sustainable preventive care strategies to reduce energy consumption and costs as well as to strengthen institutional resilience in the face of a changing climate.  Cultural institutions can accomplish this work most effectively through managing collections’ environment, including aspects such as temperature, relative humidity, pollutants, and light; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft, fire, floods, and other disasters. By using environmentally sustainable methods, institutions reduce reliance on fossil fuels and ensure collections are better protected from current and future disasters. 

Award details: Three levels of funding: Planning stage to develop preventive care strategies: $50K; Implementation Level 1 for specific and discrete challenges: Up to $100K; and Implementation Level ll for large-scale, multifaceted challenges: Up to $350K
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections
Optional draft due: December 5, 2024.
Application due date: August 31, 2025.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) / Climate Program Office
Program: FY 2024 – 2026 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Funding Opportunity #: NOAA-OAR-CPO-2024-28363
Synopsis: Supports research, education and outreach, innovative projects or sponsorships that are not addressed through NOAA’s competitive discretionary programs. Broadly, NOAA’s program priorities remain
- Ocean Exploration;
- Climate Adaptation and Mitigation;
- Weather Readiness;
- Healthy Oceans; and
- Resilient Costal Communities and Economics
Award details: Proposals should generally be submitted for one year funding — that may be negotiated if approved for funding. Please note that no funds have yet been appropriated by Congress for this BAA.
Announcement on website: NOAA FY 2024 – 2026 Broad Agency Announcement 
Application due date: September 30, 2026.
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Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Program: Democratized Engineering of Cells informed by Dynamic Evidence (DECIDE) Exploration Topic (NOTE: This is a draft announcement)

Funding Opportunity #: ARPA-H-MAI-24-01-07

Synopsis: Supports research to develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through high potential, high-impact biomedical and health research. ARPA-H seeks proposals to develop breakthrough technical approaches to identify, quantify, and mitigate sources of production variability within small batch manufacturing of autologous cell therapies. The Democratized Engineering of Cells Informed by Dynamic Evidence (DECIDE) ET endeavors to produce tools and technology that enable accelerated evaluation and validation of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for small batch therapies by demonstrating product quality and consistency that is commensurate with the amount of therapy that needs to be produced. By creating quantitative method(s) to dynamically inform the number of required batches, DECIDE seeks to ensure access to critical therapeutic solutions for Americans and provide a revolutionary pathway to address market failures by innovating approaches to right-size cell therapy production for pediatric rare disease.
Award details: Multiple awards expected under this funding opportunity.
Announcement on website (VERY EARLY DRAFT): DECIDE Draft Announcement
Estimated Module Announcement release date: October 22, 2024.
Estimated Submission due date: November 18, 2024.
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NSF / Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences – Division of Chemistry; Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) – Innovation and Technology Ecosystems and industry partners
Program: Molecular Foundations for Sustainability: Sustainable Polymers Enabled by Emerging Data Analytics (MFS-SPEED)

NSF Solicitation #: 24-567
Synopsis: Supports fundamental research enabling the accelerated discovery and ultimate manufacturing of sustainable polymers using state-of-the-art data science, and to enhance development of a cross-disciplinary workforce skilled in this area. In particular, the research community is encouraged to address the discovery and elaboration of new sustainable polymers or sustainable pathways to existing polymers by the creation and use of a data-centric environment where research projects are: (1) focused on new approaches to predicting structure and properties of polymers and advanced soft materials, (2) with insights enabled by data analytics including Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning; (3) This includes more efficient, scalable preparation of monomers and polymers using existing or new synthetic routes (4) and this call aims to train a technical workforce that leverages data analytics to create sustainable polymers and soft materials.

Award details: Approximately 5 awards are anticipated, each up to $2M total and up to 3 years in duration, subject to the availability of funds and quality of proposals received.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf24567.pdf
Letter of Intent due date: December 5, 2024.
Full proposal due date: January 16, 2024.
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NSF / Directorate for Geosciences – Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)

Program: Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)
Solicitation #: NSF 25-500
Synopsis: Supports recent Ph.D. 's to conduct an integrated program of independent research and professional development that address scientific questions within the scope of EAR's disciplinary portfolio. The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential and provide them with research experience, mentorship, and training that will help establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. The fellowship should also enable broadening of the fellow's professional network. For these reasons, applicants are strongly encouraged to seek opportunities outside of their doctoral institution and their organization at the time of submission.

Award details: Up to 24 full-time-equivalent months of support may be requested. Fellowship tenure must begin between August 1 of the year following the submission deadline date and July 1 of the subsequent year.

Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25500.pdf
Proposal due dates: January 14, 2025 and October 29, 2025. Thereafter, proposals may be submitted the last Wednesday in October.
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NSF / Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences – Divisions of Astronomical Sciences, Chemistry, Material Research, Mathematical Sciences and Physics
Program: Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical-Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS)
NSF Solicitation #: 22-604
Synopsis: Supports the research of pre-tenure faculty in MPS at primarily, though not exclusively, institutions that do not traditionally receive significant amounts of NSF-MPS funding, such as some minority-serving institutions (MSIs), predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs), and Carnegie Research 2 (R2) universities. LEAPS-MPS has the additional goal of achieving excellence through diversity and aims to broaden participation to include members from groups historically excluded and currently underrepresented in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, including Blacks and African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders. LEAPS-MPS awards aim to enable the PI to submit a subsequent successful proposal to a traditional, already-existing NSF funding opportunity, such as individual investigator programs, CAREER competitions, etc.
Award details: Up to $250K total award for 2 years.

Announcement on website: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/launching-early-career-academic-pathways-mathematical
Proposal due date: January 23, 2025.
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NSF / Directorate for Biological Sciences – Divisions of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience; Environmental Biology; and Integrative and Organismal Systems
Program: Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology (Synthetic Communities)

NSF Solicitation #:  25-501
Synopsis: Supports projects that use a model synthetic microbial community to better understand the formation, maintenance or functionality of natural communities and to understand a natural community's impact on the host, when applicable. NSF also seeks projects that create synthetic communities with novel capabilities and aim to understand the biological underpinnings for these novel capabilities. Projects that address fundamental biological principles at any scale, from the molecular to the ecosystem scale, are welcome. This solicitation aims to build a comprehensive biological knowledge base that scientists can use to rationally design synthetic microbial communities with novel applications in climate resiliency, sustainability, biotechnology, and bio manufacturing. Proposals recommended for funding will be reviewed for compliance with best practices and standards as set out by the US AI Safety Institute and US government policies and guidelines on biosafety, biosecurity, dual use research in the life sciences, potential enhanced pandemic pathogen research, and safe and responsible use of AI. Researchers are encouraged to contact Program Officers with questions and further clarifications regarding programmatic fit.
Award details: Available program funding is approximately $8M to $10M. Budget requests and duration should be commensurate with the scope of the project.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25501.pdf
Proposal due date: February 3, 2025.
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USC Office of Research and Innovation

Center for Excellence in Research

 

Upcoming Workshop

 

Transformative & Read and Publish Agreements at USC Libraries

This workshop will introduce USC Faculty, Researchers, and Graduate Students to Open Access journal publishing at USC. Open Access publishing ensures your research manuscripts and journal articles are openly accessible upon publishing. Automatic embargos imposed by the publishers are often not acceptable to some grant terms or the temporal nature of research in many disciplines. The workshop will reveal  the open access construct to USC faculty, graduate students, and researchers so they are more prepared to navigate manuscript submissions. The USC Libraries have signed at times complex transformative agreements with academic publishers that will broaden access to USC scholarship. Under the agreements, the publishers will make newly published articles by USC authors freely available (if the author chooses to publish as open access) to readers under an open access model. The workshop will highlight some of these agreements and provide details for the exceptions.
Date:              October 22, 2024                    Time: 12:00 to 2:00 PM

Registration: https://rii.usc.edu/cer/

Presenters:  Dr. Jade G. Winn, Associate University Librarian

Associate Dean Alyssa Resnick, Associate University Librarian

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